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ELECTION  LAW 


Instructions   and  Directions  for   Commissioners   and 
Managers  ol  Elections 


EDITION  OF  1909 


Compiled  by 

R.  M.  McCOWN 

SECRETARY  OF  STATE 


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INDEX 

Page. 

Instructions  to  managers 5 

Instructions  to  commissioners 6 

Qualifications  of  electors 8 

As  to  residence,  Sec.  4  (a). 

Registration,  Sec.  4  (b)  ;  Sec.  175. 

Evidence  of  registration,  Sec.  4  (c,  d). 

Must  produce  proof  of  payment  of  taxes,  Sec.  4  (c). 

Disqualification  for  registration.  Sec.  6. 

When  right  to  vote  is  not  forfeited  by  non-residence,  Sec.  7. 

Must  vote  whe're  registration  certificate  entitled.  Sec.  191. 

Provisions  as  to  change  of  voting  precincts,  Sec.  191. 
Books  of  Registration — 

Where  kept,  etc.,  Sec.  192. 

Shall  be  furnished  Commissioners  of  Election  by  Board  of 
Registration,  Sec.  193. 

If  name  of  voter  appears  incorrectly  thereon,  Sec.  193. 

How  certificates  as  to  registration  can  be  obtained,  if  name 
incorrectly  appears,  Sec.  193. 
Manner  of  Conducting  Elections  and  Returning  Votes — 

When  election  shall  be  held,  Sec.  205. 

Commissioners  and  managers  of  election,  appointment  and 
qualification  of.  Sec.  206. 

Managers  may  appoint  a  clerk.  Sec.  207. 

Chairman  empowered  to  administer  oaths.  Sec.  207. 

When  polls  shall  be  opened.  Sec.  207. 

Oath  administered  to  electors  offering  to  vote.  Sec.  208. 

Peace  officers  shall  be  present,  and  no  liquor  sold.  Sec.  209. 

When  managers  fail  to  attend.  Sec.  209. 

Regulations  as  to  ballots,  Sec.  210, 

Separate  ballots  for  certain  officers.  Sec.  211. 

Separate  boxes  for  different  ballots.  Sec.  212. 


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Provision  for  voting  precincts  in  more  than  one  Congres- 
sional District,  Sec.  212. 

Arrangement  for  voting  'precinct,  Sec.  212. 

Interference  with  voter  when  depositing  ballot  prohibited. 
Sec.  212. 

Shall  require  proof  of  payment  of  taxes.  Sec.  213. 

Each  Clerk  shall  keep  a  poll  list,  Sec.  214. 

How  ballots  shall  be  counted.  Sec.  215. 

Returns  to  be  made  by  managers;  and  what  shall  be  de- 
livered to  the  Commissioners  of  Election,  Sec.  215. 
County  Board  of  Canvassers — 

Organization  of.  Sec.  216. 

Protests,  Sec.  217. 

Shall   transmit   statements   to    Board   of    State   Canvassers, 
Sec.  217. 
^  Where  statements  shall  be  filed,  Sec.  218. 

Requirements  as  to  statements.  Sec.  219. 

Statements  shall  be  certified.  Sec.  220. 

All  papers   shall  be  forwarded  by   express  and  mail,   Sec. 
221. 

Compensation  of  Commissioners,  Managers,  etc..  Sec.  222. 

Notices  of  election  shall  be  paid  at  regular  advertising  rates. 
Sec.  222. 

County  Commissioners  shall  audit  accounts  for  boxes  and 
certain  other  expenses.  Sec.  222. 
Election  of  County  Officers — 

When  held.  Sec.  253. 

Vacancy  in.  Sec.  254. 

Act  to  prevent  treating  on  election  days. 
Voting  precincts — 

Where  located,  page  23. 


ELECTION  LA^VS 


INSTRUCTIONS  TO  MANAGERS 

Managers  are  directed  to  provide  a  separate  box  for  the 
amendments  to  the  State  Constitution  submitted  at  this  elec- 
tion. This  box  should  be  plainly  and  distinctly  labeled.  The 
returns  of  this  election  should  be  made  in  duplicate,  as  in  the 
election  of  State  and  County  officers,  and  separately  attested 
by  the  Managers ;  tickets,  etc.,  being  returned  to  the  County 
Board  of  Canvassers  as  in  other  elections.  Electors  qualified 
to  vote  for  members  of  the  General  Assembly  are  qualified  to 
vote  at  this  election. 

Duplicate  poll  lists  should  be  kept,  and  duplicate  returns  and 
statements  made.  One  of  each  should  be  sealed  up  and  trans- 
mitted with  the  boxes,  ballots,  oaths,  etc.,  to  the  County  Board 
of  Canvassers,  and  the  other  retained  by  the  Managers. 

Especial  care  must  be  used  in  filling  blanks.  All  numbers 
of  votes  cast  should  be  written  out  in  words  at  full  length,  in 
addition  to  Roman  characters,  thus,  *'two  hundred  and  ten 
(210)." 

Before  the  hour  fixed  for  opening  the  polls  Managers  and 
Clerks  must  take  and  subscribe  the  Constitutional  oath,  which 
should  be  returned  to  the  County  Board  of  Canvassers  with 
other  papers.  The  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Managers  can 
administer  the  oath  to  the  other  Managers  and  to  the  Clerk; 
a  Notary  Public  must  administer  the  oath  to  the  Chairman. 
The  Managers  elect  their  Chairman  and  Clerk. 

Polls  at  each  voting  place  must  be  opened  at  7  o'clock  a.  m. 
and  closed  at  4  o'clock  p.  m.,  except  in  the  City  of  Charleston, 
where  they  shall  be  opened  at  7  a.  m.  and  closed  at  6  p.  m. 

The  Managers  have  the  power  to  fill  a  vacancy,  and  if  none 
of  the  Managers  attend,  the  citizens  can  appoint  from  among 
the  qualified  voters  the  Managers,  who,  after  being  sworn,  can 
conduct  the  election. 


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Each  Clerk  of  the  Board  must  keep  a  poll  list,  which  shall 
contain  one  column  headed  ''Name  of  Voters,"  and  the  name 
of  each  elector  voting  shall  be  entered  therein.  Duplicate  poll 
lists  must  be  kept  at  each  precinct. 

At  the  close  of  the  election,  the  Managers  and  Clerk  must 
proceed  publicly  to  open  the  ballot  boxes  and  count  the  ballots 
therein,  and  continue  without  adjournment  until  the  same  is 
completed,  and  make  a  statement  of  the  result  of  each  office 
and  sign  the  same. 

Within  three  days  thereafter,  the  Chairman  of  the  Board, 
or  some  one  designated  by  the  Board,  must  deliver  to  the  Com- 
missioners of  Election  the  poll  lists,  the  boxes  containing  the 
ballots  and  written  statements  of  the  result  of  the  election. 

Managers  of  Election  are  not  required  under  the  present 
Constitution  to  seal  up  and  transmit  to  the  Secretary  of  State 
certified  copies  of  returns  of  the  election  for  Governor  and 
Lieutenant  Governor,  but  are  now  required  to  make  their 
returns  for  these  offices  to  the  Commissioners  of  Election,  who 
transmit  them  to  the  Secretary  of  State. 

Managers  should  send  boxes,  etc.,  to  the  County  Board  of 
Canvassers  at  the  earliest  possible  moment. 

The  Managers  are  allowed  $i  per  day  while  actually  em- 
ployed, and  5  cents  per  mile  while  going  to  and  returning  from 
(both  ways)  the  courthouse  for  boxes  and  delivering  returns, 
and  in  going  to  and  returning  from  the  polls  to  their  homes. 
Clerks  are  allowed  no  mileage.  Account  for  same  should  be 
made  out  on  blank  provided,  signed  by  each  Manager  and 
Clerk,  and  returned  to  the  County  Board  of  Canvassers  with 
the  returns. 


INSTRUCTIONS  TO  COMMISSIONERS 

Commissioners  appointed  to  conduct  the  election  are 
requested  immediately  upon  receipt  of  blanks  for  the  election 
to  carefully  examine  all  forms  provided,  and  in  the  event  of 
error  or  deficiency  notify  the  Secretary  of  State,  in  time  to 
correct  same.  . 


Separate  statements  {in  addition  to  the  regular  statements 
and  returns)  must  he  made  by  County  Board  of  Canvassers 
of  the  votes  cast  for  Governor  and  Lieutenant  Governor.  This 
return  should  he  securely  sealed  and  delivered  to  the  Secretary 
of  State  for  transmission  to  the  General  Assembly,  by  whom 
the  result  of  this  election  is  declared. 

Where  the  names  of  officers  not  voted  for  in  your  CourTty  at 
this  election  appear  in  the  forms  provided  for  certificates, 
returns  or  other  blanks,  run  pen  through  them.  Use  ink  in 
filling-  all  blanks. 

Provision  must  be  made  for  a  separate  box  and  return  for 
the  Constitutional  amendment  submitted  at  this  election. 

Especial  attention  is  called  to  the  requirement  that  County 
Board  of  Canvassers  make  four  separate  returns  of  all  elec- 
tions, including  the  election  upon  the  adoption  of  amendment 
to  the  State  Constitution. 

One  return  should  be  filed  immediately  the  election  is 
declared  with  the  Clerk  of  Court,  one  return  should  be  mailed 
to  the  Governor,  one  to  the  Secretary  of  State,  and  the  remain- 
ing copy  should  be  sent  by  express  to  the  Secretary  of  State 
with  all  poll  lists,  precinct  returns,  etc.  In  these  returns  the 
votes  received  by  each  candidate  should  be  written  out  in  words 
at  full  length.     Thus:  "ten  (lo)." 

Commissioners  must  advertise  the  election  in  one  or  more 
newspapers  in  their  County  in  not  exceeding  two  issues  of 
each  newspaper,  in  the  form  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of 
State. 

Accounts  for  advertising  are  paid  by  the  Comptroller  Gen- 
eral at  the  rate  of  not  exceeding  ^one  dollar  per  75  words  for 
the  first  and  50  cents  per  75  words  for  second  or  subsequent 
insertion,  in  each  of  said  newspapers.  The  type  used  must 
be  not  larger  than  solid  brevier  and  no  leads  must  be  used. 
Accounts  for  advertising  must  be  approved  by  the  Commis- 
sioners of  Election  or  a  majority  of  them. 

The  accounts  of  the  Managers  and  Clerks,  and  Commis- 
sioners of  Election,  should  be  addressed  to  the  Comptroller 
General,  in  a  separate  envelope  from  the  returns  of  the 


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election,    with    authority    to    collect    same    endorsed    thereon. 
These  accounts  must  be  itemized  and  properly  aggregated. 


QUALIFICATIONS  OF  ELECTORS 

Extract  From  Constitution  of  1895 

Section  4.  The  qualifications  for  suffrage  shall  be  as  fol- 
lows: 

(a)  Residence  in  the  State  for  two  years,  in  the  County  one 
year,  in  the  polling  precinct  in  which  the  elector  offers  to  vote 
four  months,  and  the  payment  six  months  before  any  election 
of  any  poll  tax  then  due  and  payable :  Provided,  That  min- 
isters in  charge  of  an  organized  church  and  teachers  of  public 
schools  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  after  six  months'  residence  in 
the  State,  otherwise  qualified. 

{h)  Registration,  which  shall  provide  for  the  enrollment  of 
every  elector  once  in  ten  years,  and  also  an  enrollment  during 
each  and  every  year  of  every  elector  not  previously  registered 
under  the  provisions  of  this  Article. 

{c)  Up  to  January  ist,  1898,  all  male  persons  of  voting  age 
applying  for  registration  who  can  read  any  Section  in  this 
Constitution  submitted  to  them  by  the  registration  officer,  or 
understand  and  explain  it  when  read  to  them  by  the  registra- 
tion officer,  shall  be  entitled  to  register  and  become  electors.  A 
separate  record  of  all  persons  registered  before  January  ist, 
1898,  sworn  to  by  the  registration  officer,  shall  be  filed,  one 
copy  with  the  Clerk  of  Court  and  one  in  the  office  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  State,  on  or  before  February  ist,  1898,  and  such 
persons  shall  remain  during  life  qualified  electors,  unless  dis- 
qualified by  the  other  provisions  of  this  Article.  The  certificate 
of  the  Qerk  of  Court  or  Secretary  of  State  shall  be  sufficient 
evidence  to  establish  the  right  of  said  citizens  to  any  subse- 
quent registration  and  the  franchise  under  the  limitations 
herein  imposed. 

(cf)  Any  person  who  shall  apply  for  registration  after  Jan- 
uary 1st,  1898,  if  otherwise  qualified,  shall  be  registered:  Pro- 
vided, That  he  can  both  read  and  write  any  Section  of  this 


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Constitution  submitted  to  him  by  the  registration  ^officer  or  can 
show  that  he  owns,  and  has  paid  all  taxes  collectible  during  the 
previous  year  on  property  in  this  State  assessed  at  three  hun- 
dred dollars  ($300)  or  more. 

(e)  Managers  of  election  shall  require  of  every  elector 
offering  to  vote  at  any  election,  before  allowing  him  to  vote, 
proof  of  the  payment  of  all  taxes,  including  poll  tax,  assessed 
against  him  and  collectible^  during  the  previous  year.  The 
production  of  a  certificate  or  of  the  receipt  of  the  officer 
authorized  to  collect  such  taxes  shall  be  conclusive  proof  of 
the  payment  thereof. 

(/)  The  General  Assembly  shall  provide  for  issuing  to  each 
duly  registered  elector  a  certificate  of  registration,  •  and  shall 
provide  for  the  renewal  of  such  certificate  when  lost,  mutilated 
or  destroyed,  if  the  applicant  is  still  a  qualified  elector  under 
the  provisions  of  this  Constitution,  or  if  he  has  been  registered 
as  provided  in  subsection  (c). 

Sec.  5.  Any  person  denied  registration  shall  have  the  right 
to  appeal  to  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  or  any  Judge  thereof, 
and  thence  to  the  Supreme  Court,  to  determine  his  right  to  vote 
under  the  limitations  imposed  in  this  Article,  and  on  such 
appeal,  the  hearing  shall  be  de  novo,  and  the  General  Assembly 
shall  provide  by  law  for  such  appeal,  and  for  the  correction  of 
illegal  and  fraudulent  registration,  voting  and  all  other  crimes 
against  the  election  laws. 

Sec.  6.  The  following  persons  are  disqualified  from  being 
registered  or  voting: 

First,  Persons  convicted  of  burglary,  arson,  obtaining  goods 
or  money  under  false  pretenses,  perjury,  forgery,  robbery, 
bribery,  adultery,  bigamy,  wife-beating,  house-breaking,  receiv- 
ing stolen  goods,  breach  of  trust  with  fraudulent  intent,  forni- 
cation, sodomy,  incest,  assault  with  intent  to  ravish,  miscege- 
nation, larceny,  or  crimes  against  the  election  laws :  Provided, 
That  the  pardon  of  the  Governor  shall  remove  such  disquali- 
fication. 

Second,  Persons  who  are  idiots,  insane,  paupers  supported  at 
the  public  expense,  and  persons  confined  in  any  public  prison. 

Sec.  7.  For  the  purpose  of  voting,  no  person  shall  be  deemed 


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to  have  gaimpd  or  lost  a  residence  by  reason  of  his  presence 
or  absence  while  employed  in  the  service  of  the  United  States, 
nor  while  engaged  in  the  navigation  of  the  waters  of  this  State, 
or  of  the  United  States,  or  of  the  high  seas,  nor  while  a  student 
of  any  institution  of  learning. 

Extracts  From  CoJe  or  Laws  or  Soutk  Carolina,  1902 

Section  175.  No  person  shall  be  allowed  to  vote  at  any 
election  hereafter  to  be  held  unless  he  shall  have  been  regis- 
tered as  herein  required. 

Sec.  191.  Every  elector  shall  vote  at  the  voting  place  in 
the  polling  precinct  at  which  and  in  which  his  registration 
certificate  entitles  him  to  vote.  When  a  new  polling  precinct 
is  established  by  law,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of 
Registration  to  transfer  from  the  books  of  registration  the 
names  of  such  electors  registered  to  vote  in  other  voting  pre- 
cincts as  should  hereunder  register  and  vote  in  the  new  voting 
precinct,  and  issue  to  such  electors  as  may  apply  new  registra- 
tion certificates  for  such  new  polling  precinct,  and  such  electors 
shall  thereafter  vote  in  the  new  polling  precinct  to  which  they 
have  been  transferred.  In  case  of  the  removal  of  an  elector 
from  one  precinct  to  another  in  the  same  County,  such  elector 
shall  notify  the  Board  of  Registration  of  such  County  and 
surrender  his  certificate,  and  the  said  Board  or  Supervisor 
shall  note  the  fact  upon  a  proper  book,  and  give  to  the  elector 
a  certificate  for  registration  for  the  precinct  into  which  he  has 
removed.  When  one  voting  place  has  been  changed  to  an- 
other in  the  same  township  or  polling  precinct,  or  when  the 
name  of  the  voting  place  has  been  changed  since  the  last  gen- 
eral election,  the  registration  of  electors  for  the  former  voting 
place  shall  be  valid  and  effectual  for  the  new  voting  place. 
Any  registered  elector  who  may  reside  nearer  to  a  voting  place 
in  his  polling  precinct  than  the  one  at  which  he  is  entitled  to 
vote,  and  desires  to  vote  at  such  nearer  voting  place,  shall  upon 
the  surrender  of  his  certificate  of  registration  be  entitled  to  a 
new  certificate  entitling  him  to  vote  at  such  nearer  voting  place. 


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Sec.  192.  The  Board  of  Registration  shall  deposit  the  books 
and  other  records  of  registration  for  safe  keeping  in  the  office 
of  the  Clerk  of  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for  their  County,  who 
shall  keep  the  same  with  the  other  records  in  said  office. 

The  registration  books  and  records  shall  be  public  records, 
open  to  the  inspection  of  any  citizen  at  all  times,  and  shall  not 
be  removed  from  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  Court  by  any  per- 
son except  the  Board  of  Registration,  who  are  authorized  to 
take  and  keep  the  same  as  long  as  may  be  necessary  to  enable 
them  or  him  to  perform  the  duties  herein  imposed  on  them: 
Provided,  That  the  books  and  records  of  registration  shall  not 
be  kept  anywhere  else  than  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas  or  in  the  office  of  the  Board  of  Regis- 
tration, except  when  used  by  the  Board  in  the  several  polling 
precincts  as  required  by  this  Act. 

Sec.  193.  Immediately  preceding  each  general  election,  or 
any  special  election,  the  Board  of  Registration  shall  furnish 
to  the  Commissioners  of  Election  for  their  County  two  regis- 
tration books  for  each  polling  precinct  in  their  County,  con- 
taining in  each  the  names  of  all  electors  entitled  to  vote  at 
such  precinct ;  and  no  elector  shall  vote  in  any  polling  precinct 
unless  his  name  appears  on  the  registration  books  for  that  pre- 
cinct :  Provided,  That  in  case  the  name  of  any  registered  elec- 
tor does  not  appear,  or  incorrectly  appears,  on  the  registration 
books  of  his  polling  precinct,  he  shall  nevertheless  be  entitled 
to  vote  upon  the  production  and  presentation  to  the  Managers 
of  Election  of  such  precinct  (in  addition  to  his  registration 
certificate)  of  a  certificate  of  the  Clerk  of  Court  of  Common 
Pleas  that  his  name  is  enrolled  in  the  registration  book  or 
record  of  his  County  on  file  in  said  Clerk's  office,  or  a  certifi- 
cate of  the  Secretary  of  State  that  his  name  is  enrolled  in  the 
registration  book  or  record  of  his  County  and  on  file  in  the 
office  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  or  prior  to  the  filing  of  such 
books  or  records,  on  or  before  the  first  of  February,  1898,  in 
the  office  of  the  Clerk  and  Secretary  of  State  a  certificate  of  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Registration  of  his  County  that  his 
name  is  enrolled  on  the  County  registration  book  or  records ; 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Clerk  or  the  Secretary  of  State 


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or  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Registration  to  furnish  such  cer- 
tificate without  cost  or  charge,  upon  demand  of  any  such  elec- 
tor whose  name  appears  upon  the  registration  books  or  records 
of  his  County  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  Court  or  in 
the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State.  The  Commissioners  of 
Election  shall  turn  over  said  books  to  the  Managers  of  Election 
of  each  polling  precinct,  who  shall  be  responsible  for  the  care 
and  custody  of  said  books,  and  the  return  thereof  to  the  Com- 
missioners within  three  days  after  such  election.  The  Com- 
missioners of  Election  shall  return  such  books  to  the  Board 
of  Registration  within  twenty  days  after  such  election. 

Sec.  202.  Each  township  as  now  or  hereafter  laid  out  and 
defined  in  the  several  Counties  of  this  State,  and  in  those  Coun- 
ties where  there  are  no  such  townships,  the  parish  as  formerly 
known  and  defined,  is  declared  a  polling  precinct.  In  all  cities 
and  towns  containing  5,000  inhabitants  or  more,  where  the 
same  is  divided  into  wards,  each  ward  shall  be  a  polling  pre- 
cinct; and  in  the  City  of  Charleston  the  polling  precinct  shall 
be  the  same  as  the  voting  precincts  now  established  in  the 
several  wards  of  said  city  by  law ;  and  in  the  County  of  Rich- 
land, that  portion  of  Columbia  Township  outside  of  the  cor- 
porate limits  of  the  City  of  Columbia  (as  the  said  limits  are 
now  or  may  hereafter  be  by  law  established),  shall  constitute 
a  separate  polling  precinct.  The  voting  places  within  these 
polling  precincts  shall  be  the  same  as  now  or  hereafter  estab- 
lished by  law :  Provided,  When  there  are  more  than  one  voting 
place  in  the  polling  precinct  the  elector  for  that  precinct  can 
vote  at  either  polling  place,  to  be  designated  on  his  certificate 
of  registration  by  Board  of  Registration  or  Supervisor  of 
Registration. 


THE  MANNER  OF  CONDUCTING  ELECTIONS 
AND  RETURNING  VOTES 

Section  205.  That  general  elections  for  Federal,  State  and 
County  officers  in  this  State  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday 
following  the  first  Monday  in  November,   1896,  and  in  every 


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second  year  thereafter,  and  at  such  voting  places  as  have  been 
or  may  be  estabHshed  by  law ;  and  all  general  or  special  elec- 
tions held  pursuant  to  the  Constitution  of  the  State  shall  be 
regulated  and  conducted  according  to  the  rules,  principles  and 
provisions  herein  prescribed. 

Sec.  206.  For  the  purpose  of  carrying  on  such  election,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Governor,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized 
and  empowered,  at  least  thirty  days  prior  to  any  such  election, 
to  appoint  for  each  County  three  Commissioners  of  Election 
for  Governor,  Lieutenant  Governor,  State  officers.  Circuit  So- 
licitors, members  of  the  General  Assembly  and  County  officers, 
and  three  other  Commissioners  of  Election  for  Presidential 
Electors  and  members  of  Congress,  or  either  of  said  officers, 
who  shall  continue  in  office  until  their  successors  are  appointed 
and  qualified.  The  Commissioners  of  Election  for  State  and 
County  officers  shall  appoint  three  Managers  of  Election  for 
such  officers;  and  the  Commissioners  of  Election  for  members 
of  Congress  and  Presidential  Electors,  or  either  of  said  officers, 
shall  appoint  three  other  Managers  of  Election,  for  said  officers 
for  each  polling  place  at  each  election  precinct  of  the  County 
for  which  they  shall  respectively  be  appointed,  and  none  of  said 
officers  shall  be  removed  from  office  except  for  incompetency 
or  misconduct.  The  said  Commissioners  and  Managers  shall 
take  and  subscribe  before  any  officer  authorized  to  administer 
oaths,  the  oath  of  office  prescribed  by  Section  26  of  Article  III 
of  the  Constitution,  and  the  oath  with  respect  to  duelling,  and 
the  same  shall  be  immediately  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of 
the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  the  County  in  which  said  Com- 
missioners and  Managers  shall  be  appointed,  or,  if  there  be  no 
such  Clerk,  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State. 

Sec.  207.  The  Managers  may  appoint  a  clerk  to  assist  them 
in  their  duties,  who  shall  take  the  oath  of  office  prescribed  by 
Section  26  of  Article  III  of  the  Constitution,  and  the  oath  with 
regard  to  duelling,  before  the  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Man- 
agers. The  Commissioners  and  Managers  at  their  first  meet- 
ings, respectively,  shall  proceed  to  organize  as  a  Board  by 
appointing  one  of  their  number  Chairman  of  the  Board;  and 
such  Chairman,  in  each  instance,  is  empowered  to  administer 
oaths. 


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Sec  208.  The  polls  shall  be  opened,  at  such  voting  places 
as  shall  be  designated,  at  7  o'clock  in  the  forenoon,  and  close 
at  4  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  of  the  day  of  election,  except  in 
the  City  of  Charleston,  where  the  closing  hour  shall  be  6 
o'clock,  and  shall  be  kept  open  during  those  hours  without 
intermission  or  adjournment;  and  the  Managers  shall  admin- 
ister to  each  person  offering  to  vote  an  oath  that  he  is  qualified 
to  vote  at  this  election,  according  to  the.  Constitution  of  this 
State,  and  that  he  has  not  voted  during  this  election. 

Sec.  209.  The  Deputy  State  Constables  and  other  peace 
officers  of  each  County  are  required  to  be  present  during  the 
whole  time  that  the  polls  are  open  and  until  the  election  is 
completed ;  they  shall  prevent  all  interference  with  the  Man- 
agers, act  under  their  direction,  and  see  that  there  is  no  inter- 
ruption of  good  order.  If  there  should  be  more  than  one 
voting  place  in  any  County,  the  State  Constable  is  empowered 
and  directed  to  make  such  assignment  of  his  deputies  and  other 
peace  officers  to  such  polling  places  as  may,  in  his  judgment, 
best  subserve  the  purposes  of  quiet  and  order.  All  barrooms, 
saloons  and  other  places  for  the  sale  of  liquors  by  retail  shall 
be  closed  at  6  o'clock  of  the  evening  preceding  the  day  of  such 
election,  and  remain  closed  until  6  o'clock  in  the  morning  of  the 
day  thereafter,  during  which  time  the  sale  of  intoxicating 
liquors  is  prohibited.  And  in  case  all  of  the  Managers  shall 
fail  to  attend  at  the  time  and  place  appointed  for  holding  such 
poll,  or  shall  refuse  or  fail  to  act,  or  in  case  no  Manager  has 
been  appointed  for  such  poll,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  voters 
present  at  the  precinct  voting  place  on  that  day  to  appoint  from 
among  the  qualified  voters  of  such  precinct  the  Managers  to  act 
as  Managers  in  the  place  and  stead  of  the  absent  Managers, 
and  any  one  of  the  Managers  so  appointed  shall  administer  the 
oath  to  the  other  Managers :  Provided,  That  in  case  the  legally 
appointed  Managers  attend  in  a  reasonable  time,  they  shall 
take  charge  of  and  conduct  the  election. 

Sec.  210.  The  voting  shall  be  by  ballot,  which  ballot  shall 
be  of  plain  white  paper,  two  and  a  half  inches  wide  by  five 
inches  long,  clear  and  even  cut,  without  ornament,  designation, 
mutilation,  symbol  or  mark  of  any  kind  whatsoever  except  the 


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name  or  names  of  the  person  or  persons  voted  for  and  the 
office  to  which  such  person  or  persons  are  intended  to  be 
chosen,  which  name  or  names,  office  or  officers,  shall  be  writ- 
ten or  printed,  or  partly  written  or  partly  printed,  thereon  in 
black  ink ;  and  such  ballot  shall  be  so  folded  as  to  conceal  the 
name  or  names  thereon,  and,  so  folded,  shall  be  deposited  in  a 
box  to  be  constructed,  kept  and  disposed  of  as  hereafter  pro- 
vided, and  no  ballot  of  any  other  description  found  in  any 
election  box  shall  be  counted. 

Sec.  211.  There  shall  be  separate  and  distinct  ballots  for 
the  following  officers,  to  wit:  i.  Governor  and  Lieutenant 
Governor.  2.  Other  State  officers.  3.  Circuit  Solicitor.  4. 
State  Senator.  5.  Members  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
6.  County  officers.  7.  Representatives  in  Congress.  8.  Presi- 
dential Electors.  On  which  shall  be  the  name  or  names  of  the 
person  or  persons  voted  for  as  such  officers,  respectively,  and 
the  office  for  which  they  are  voted.  Whenever  a  vote  is  to  be 
taken  on  any  special  question  or  questions  a  box  shall  be  pro- 
vided, properly  labeled  for  that  purpose,  and  the  ballots  there- 
for on  such  question  or  questions  shall  be  deposited  therein. 

Sec.  212.  The  Commissioners  of  Election  shall  provide  for 
each  voting  place  a  sufficient  number  of  boxes  to  meet  the 
requirements  of  the  foregoing  Section.  In  any  case  in  which  a 
voting  precinct  may  form  part  of  more  than  one  Congressional 
District,  if  no  other  provision  be  made  by  law,  the  Commis- 
sioners of  Election  for  the  County  in  which  such  precinct  is 
situated  shall  provide  therefor  separate  boxes  for  every  Con- 
gressional District  within  which  the  said  precinct  may  be,  and 
each  voter  at  such  precinct  shall  deposit  his  ballot  for  members 
of  Congress  in  the  box  provided  for  the  Congressional  District 
within  the  limits  of  which  he  may  reside.  An  opening  shall 
be  made  in  the  lid  of  each  box  not  larger  than  sufficient  for  a 
single  ballot  to  be  inserted  therein  at  one  time,  through  which 
each  ballot  received  proper  to  be  placed  in  such  box  shall  be 
inserted  by  the  person  voting,  and  by  no  other.  Each  box 
shall  be  provided  with  a  sufficient  lock,  and  shall  be  publicly 
opened  and  inspected,  to  show  that  it  is  empty  and  secure,  and 
locked  just  before  the  opening  of  the  poll.     The  keys   shall 


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be  returned  to  the  managers,  and  the  box  shall  not  be  opened 
during  the  election.  Each  box  shall  be  labeled  in  plain  and 
distinct  Roman  letters  with  the  office  or  officers  voted  for,  and 
the  Managers,  on  the  demand  of  the  voter,  shall  be  required  to 
read  to  him  the  names  on  the  boxes.  At  each  precinct  a  space 
or  enclosure,  such  as  the  Managers  of  Election  shall  deem  fit 
and  sufficient,  shall  be  railed  off  or  otherwise  provided  with  an 
opening  at  one  end  or  side  for  the  entrance  of  the  voter,  and 
the  opening  at  the  other  for  his  exit,  as  a  voting  place  in  which 
to  hold  the  election  for  the  State,  Circuit,  County,  and  Federal 
offices.  And  the  ballot  box  shall  be  so  located  as  to  be  in  view 
of  persons  outside  of  the  polling  place  during  the  time  of 
voting.  A  similar,  but  separate  and  distinct,  space  or  enclos- 
ure shall  be  railed  off,  or  otherwise  provided,  as  a  voting  place 
for  the  election  of  Congressmen  and  Presidential  Electors,  at 
such  distance  from  the  polling  place  of  State  officers  as  the 
Commissioners  of  Election  for  each  County  shall  determine 
and  appoint  for  each  election  precinct.  But  one  voter  shall  be 
allowed  to  enter  any  voting  place  at  a  time,  and  no  one  except 
the  Managers  shall  be  allowed  to  speak  to  the  voter  while  in 
the  voting  place  casting  his  vote. 

Sec.  213.  The  Managers  of  Election  shall  require  of  any 
elector  offering  to  vote  at  any  election,  before  allowing  him  to 
vote,  in  addition  to  the  production  of  a  registration  certificate, 
proof  of  the  payment  of  all  taxes,  including  poll  tax,  assessed 
against  him  and  collectible  during  the  previous  year.  The  pro- 
duction of  a  certificate  or  of  the  receipt  of  the  officer  authorized 
to  collect  such  taxes  shall  be  conclusive  proof  of  the  payment 
thereof. 

Sec.  214.  Each  clerk  of  the  poll  shall  keep  a  poll  list,  which 
shall  contain  one  column  headed  "Names  of  Voters,"  and  the 
name  of  each  elector  voting  shall  be  entered  by  the  clerk  in 
such  column. 

Sec.  215.  At  the  close  of  the  election  the  Managers  and 
Clerk  shall  immediately  proceed  publicly  to  open  the  ballot  box 
and  count  the  ballots  therein,  and  continue  such  count,  without 
adjournment  or  interruption,  until  the  same  is  completed,  and 
make  such  statement  of  the  result  thereof,  and  sign  the  same. 


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as  the  nature  of  the  election  shall  require.  No  ballot  shall  be 
counted  upon  which  there  shall  appear  the  name  of  an  office,  or 
the  name  of  a  person  in  connection  with  an  office,  other  than 
that  for  which  the  box  in  which  such  ballot  is  found  shall  be 
designated  and  labeled.  If,  in  counting,  two  or  more  like  bal- 
lots shall  be  found  folded  together  compactly,  only  one  shall  be 
counted,  the  other  must  be  destroyed;  but  if  they  bear  differ- 
ent names,  all  must  be  destroyed  and  none  counted.  If  more 
ballots  shall  be  found  on  opening  the  box  than  there  are  names 
on  the  poll  list,  all  the  ballots  shall  be  returned  to  the  box  and 
thoroughly  mixed  together,  and  one  of  the  Managers  or  the 
Clerk  shall,  without  seeing  the  ballots,  draw  therefrom  and  im- 
mediately destroy  as  many  ballots  as  there  are  in  excess  of  the 
number  of  names  on  the  poll  list.  Within  three  days  there- 
after the  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Managers,  or  one  of  them, 
to  be  designated  in  writing  by  the  Board,  shall  deliver  to  the 
Commissioners  of  Election  the  poll  list,  the  boxes  containing 
the  ballots,  and  a  written  statement  of  the  result  of  the  election 
in  his  precinct. 


FORMATION  AND  PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE 
BOARD  OF  COUNTY  CANVASSERS 

Section  216.  The  Commissioners  of  Election  for  Governor, 
Lieutenant  Governor,  State  officers.  Circuit  Solicitor,  members 
of  the  General  Assembly  and  County  officers,  or  either  of  said 
officers,  shall  meet  in  some  convenient  place  at  the  County  seat 
on  the  Tuesday  next  following  the  election,  before  i  o'clock 
in  the  afternoon  of  that  day,  and  shall  proceed  to  organize  as, 
and  shall  be,  the  County  Board  of  Canvassers.  They  may  ap- 
point some  competent  person  as  Secretary.  The  Chairman 
shall  then  proceed  to  administer  the  Constitutional  oath  to  each 
member  of  the  Board,  as  Canvassers,  and  to  the  Secretary,  who 
shall,  in  turn,  administer  the  same  oath  to  the  Chairman.  The 
Commissioners  of  Election  for  members  of  Congress  and  Presi- 
dential Electors,  or  either  of  said  officers,  shall  likewise  meet 
at  the  same  time  at  their  Countv  seat,  and  shall  in  like  manner 


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proceed  to  organize  as,  and  shall  be,  the  County  Board  of  Can- 
vassers for  the  election  of  the  Federal  officers  aforesaid. 

Sec.  217.  The  said  Board  of  County  Canvassers,  respec- 
tively, shall  then  proceed  to  canvass  the  votes  of  the  County. 
When  townships,  or  parts  of  tow^nships,  of  any  County  may  not 
be  in  the  same  Congressional  District,  the  proper  Board  of 
County  Canvassers  of  such  County,  in  canvassing  the  votes  for 
Representatives  in  Congress,  shall  report  separately  the  result 
of  the  votes  of  such  townships,  or  parts  of  townships,  for  the 
Congressional  District  to  which  they  respectively  belong.  The 
said  Boards,  respectively,  shall  have  the  power,  and  it  is  hereby 
made  their  duty,  as  judicial  officers,  to  decide  all  cases  under 
protest  or  contest  that  may  arise,  subject  to  appeal  to  the  Board 
of  State  Canvassers.  They  shall  make  such  statements  of  the 
votes  of  the  County,  as  the  nature  of  the  election  shall  require, 
within  ten  days  from  their  first  meeting  as  a  Board  of  County 
Canvassers,  and  transmit  to  the  Board  of  State  Canvassers  any 
protest  and  all  papers  relating  to  the  election. 

Sec.  218.  Duplicate  statements  shall  be  made  and  filed  in 
the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  County;  and  if  there  be  no  such 
Clerk,  duly  qualified  according  to  law,  then  in  the  office  of  the 
Secretary  of  State. 

Sec.  219.  They  shall  make  separate  statements  of  the  whole 
number  of  votes  given  in  the  County  for  Representatives  in 
Congress,  and  separate  statements  of  all  votes  given  for  other 
officers.  Such  statements  shall  contain  the  names  of  the  per- 
sons for  whom  such  votes  were  given,  and  the  number  of  votes 
given  for  each,  which  shall  be  written  out  in  words  at  full 
length. 

Sec.  220.  There  shall  be  prepared  by  the  Commissioners 
three  separate  lists  or  statements,  besides  the  lists  to  be  filed  in 
the  office  of  the  County  Clerk,  or  Secretary  of  State,  and  each 
list  shall  be  certified  to  as  correct,  over  the  signatures  of  the 
Commissioners,  subscribed  thereto. 

Sec.  221.  After  the  final  adjournment  of  the  Board  of 
County  Canvassers,  and  within  the  time  prescribed  in  this 
Chapter,  the  Chairman  of  said  Board  shall  forward,  addressed 
to  the  Governor  and  Secretary  of  State,  one  copy  by  mail  and 


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one  copy  by  express,  the  returns,  poll  list,  and  all  papers  apper- 
taining to  the  election. 

Sec.  222.  Each  Commissioner  and  Manager  of  Election  shall 
receive  for  his  compensation  $i  per  day  for  his  services  while 
actually  employed,  and  five  cents  per  mile  for  necessary  travel ; 
each  Clerk  of  the  Commissioners,  and  of  the  Managers,  re- 
spectively, shall  receive  $i  per  day  while  actually  employed; 
but  no  Commissioner,  Manager  or  Clerk  shall  receive  pay  for 
more  than  three  days. 

Notices  of  election  published  in  any  public  gazette  or  County 
newspaper,  by  authority  of  the  proper  Board  of  Election  Com- 
missioners, as  required  by  law,  shall  be  paid  for  at  the  rate 
prescribed  by  law  for  legal  notices. 

To  defray  the  expenses  designated  herein,  the  Comptroller 
General  shall  draw  his  warrant  on  the  State  Treasurer  in  favor 
of  such  Commissioners  of  Election,  Managers  of  Election, 
Clerk  of  Commissioners  or  Managers,  Messengers,  and  pro- 
prietor or  printer  of  said  gazette,  for  the  amount  of  compensa- 
tion to  which  he  may  be  entitled ;  the  same  to  be  paid  by  the 
Treasurer  out  of  any  balance  that  may  be  in  the  treasury. 

The  County  Commissioners  of  the  several  Counties  shall 
audit  and  pay  all  accounts  for  necessary  expenses  incurred  by 
the  Commissioners  and  Managers  of  Election  for  stationery, 
the  making  of  election  boxes,  rents,  and  similar  expenses  in 
elections  held  in  this  State. 


ELECTION  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  IN  CONGRESS 

Section  236.  Representatives  in  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  shall  be  chosen  at 
each  general  election  in  the  several  Congressional  Districts  by 
the  qualified  voters  thereof. 


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AN  ACT  TO  Establish  Congressional  Districts  in  the 

State. 

Section  i.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  South  Carolina,  That  the  State  be  divided  into  seven 
Congressional  Districts,  as  follows : 

The  First  Congressional  District  shall  be  composed  of  the 
Counties  of  Charleston,  Berkeley,  Colleton,  Dorchester,  and 
Clarendon. 

The  Second  Congressional  District  shall  be  composed  of  the 
Counties  of  Aiken,  Bamberg,  Barnwell,  Beaufort,  Edgefield, 
Saluda,  and  Hampton. 

The  Third  Congressional  District  shall  be  composed  of  the 
Counties  of  Pickens,  Oconee,  Anderson,  Abbeville,  Green- 
wood, and  Newberry. 

The  Fourth  Congressional  District  shall  be  composed  of  the 
Counties  of  Laurens,  Spartanburg,  Greenville,  and  Union. 

The  Fifth  Congressional  District  shall  be  composed  of  the 
Counties  of  Cherokee,  Chester,  York,  Fairfield,  Kershaw,  Ches- 
terfield, and  Lancaster. 

The  Sixth  Congressional  District  shall  be  composed  of  the 
Counties  of  Marlboro,  Marion,  Horry,  Darlington,  Florence, 
Williamsburg,  and  Georgetown. 

The  Seventh  Congressional  District  shall  be  composed  of  the 
Counties  of  Richland,  Sumter,  Orangeburg,  Lee,  and  Lexing- 
ton. 

Sec.  2.  Until  the  next  apportionment  be  made  by  the  Con- 
gress of  the  United  States,  each  of  the  said  Congressional  Dis- 
tricts shall  be  entitled  to  elect  one  member  to  represent  this 
State  in  the  Congress  of  the  United  States. 

Sec.  3.  All  Acts  and  parts  of  Acts  inconsistent  with  this  Act 
be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  repealed :  Provided,  That  nothing 
herein  contained  shall  affect  the  rights  and  duties  of  the  Repre- 
sentatives of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  Congress  of 
the  United  States  chosen  in  this  State  at  the  last  general  elec- 
tion in  the  several  Congressional  Districts  of  this  State. 

Approved  the  20th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1962. 


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ELECTION   OF   ELECTORS   OF  PRESIDENT  AND 
VICE-PRESIDENT 

Section  239.  When  an  election  for  President  and  Vice- 
President  of  the  United  States  occurs,  there  shall  be  elected, 
by  general  ticket,  as  many  Electors  of  President  and  Vice- 
President  as  this  State  shall  be  entitled  to  appoint ;  and  each 
Elector  in  this  State  shall  have  a  right  to  vote  for  the  whole 
number  of  such  Electors ;  and  the  several  persons,  to  the  num- 
ber required  to  be  chosen,  having  the  highest  number  of  votes 
shall  be  declared  and  deemed  duly  appointed  Electors. 

Sec.  240.  The  Commissioners  of  Election  of  each  County 
shall  make  four  certified  copies  of  the  statement  of  votes  given 
for  Electors  in  their  County ;  one  of  which  copies  shall  be  filed 
in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  County,  if  there  be  such  Clerk 
duly  qualified  by  law ;  another  of  such  copies  they  shall  forth- 
with transmit  to  the  Governor ;  another  to  the  Secretary  of 
State ;  and  deliver  the  other  as  hereinafter  directed. 

Sec.  241.  The  Commissioners  of  Election  of  each  County 
shall  appoint  a  messenger,  and  shall  deliver  to  such  messenger 
the  remaining  certified  copy  of  the  statement  of  the  votes  given 
in  their  County  for  Electors,  securely  enclosed  and  under  seal, 
and  such  messenger  shall  proceed  forthwith  to  deliver  the  same 
to  the  Secretary  of  State. 


THE  ELECTION  OF  COUNTY  OFFICERS 

Section  253.  There  shall  be  a  general  election  for  the  fol- 
lowing County  officers,  to  wit :  County  Supervisors  and  County 
Superintendents  of  Education,  held  in  each  County  at  every 
general  election  for  members  of  the  House  of  Representatives ; 
and  for  the  election  of  Sheriff,  Coroner,  and  Clerk  of  the  Court 
of  Common  Pleas,  at  every  alternate  general  election,  reckon- 
ing from  the  year  1888,  except  as  to  the  Counties  of  Berkeley 
and  Cherokee,  and  except  for  Sheriff  and  Coroner  in  Hampton 
County. 


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The  Probate  Judge  in  every  County,  and  the  Clerk  of  Court 
in  Berkeley  and  Cherokee  Counties  and  the  Sheriff  and  Coro- 
ner in  Berkeley,  Cherokee  and  Hampton  Counties,  shall  be 
elected  at  every  alternate  general  election,  reckoning  from 
1890. 

Sec.  254.  In  the  event  of  a  vacancy  at  any  time  in  any  of 
the  offices  of  any  County  of  the  State,  whether  from  death, 
resignation,  disqualification,  refusal  or  neglect  to  qualify  of 
the  person  elected  or  appointed  thereto,  expiration  of  the  term 
of  office,  removal  from  the  County,  or  from  any  other  cause, 
the  Governor  shall  have  full  power  to  appoint  some  suitable 
person,  who  shall  be  an  elector  of  the  County,  and,  upon  duly 
qualifying  according  to  law,  Shall  be  entitled  to  enter  upon  and 
hold  the  office  to  which  he  has  been  appointed,  if  it  be  an 
elective  office,  until  the  next  general  election,  when  an  election 
shall  be  held  to  fill  the  unexpired  term,  and  the  officer  so 
appointed  or  elected  shall  hold  said  office  for  the  term  of  said 
election  or  appointment,  and  until  his  successor  shall  qualify ; 
and  if  it  be  an  office  which  was  filled  originally  by  appoint- 
ment, until  the  adjournment  of  the  General  Assembly  at  the 
regular  session  next  after  such  appointment ;  and  shall  be 
subject  to  all  the  duties  and  liabilities  incident  to  said  office 
during  the  term  of  his  service  therein. 

AN  ACT  TO    Prevent  Treating  on   Election   Days. 

Section  i.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  South  Carolina,  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  hereafter 
for  any  person  to  sell,  barter  or  give  away  or  treat  any  voter  to 
any  malt  or  intoxicating  liquor  within  one  mile  of  any  voting 
precinct  during  any  primary  or  other  election  day,  under  a 
penalty  upon  conviction  thereof  of  not  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars  ($100),  nor  more  than  thirty  (30)  days'  imprisonment 
with  labor. 

Approved  the  20th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1904.' 


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NAME  AND  LOCATION  OF  VOTING  PRECINCTS 
IN  THE  STATE  AS  ESTABLISHED  BY  LA^V 

Abbeville  County — In  the  County  of  Abbeville  there  shall  be  Abbevuie^^^ 
voting  precincts  as  follows :  Abbeville  Court  House,  Antreville, 
Mount  Carmel,  Willington,  Due  West,  Donaldsville,  Lowndes- 
ville,  Magnolia,  Central  School  House,  in  Long  Cane  Town- 
ship, Clotworthy's  Cross  Roads,  McCormick,  Bryant's  Cross 
Roads,  Keowee,  Rock  Springs,  Cheatam's  Mill  and  Little  River 
School  House,  in  Due  West  Township. 

Aiken  County — In  the  County  of  Aiken  there  shall  be  the  Aiken 

•'  /  County. 

following  voting  precincts :  Aiken  Court  House,  Oakwood, 
Bath  Mills,  Kaolin,  Banks'  Mill,  Creed's  Store,  Eureka,  Foun- 
tain Academy,  Graniteville,  North  Augusta,  Kneece's  Mill, 
Langley,  Talatha  Postoffice,  Bloomingdale,  Montmorenci, 
Shaw's  Fork,  Oak  Grove  Schoolhouse,  Otts  Schoolhouse, 
Page  &  Hawkins's  Store,  Perry,  Salleys,  Seivern,  Silverton, 
Sunnyside,  Wagener,  Windsor,  Vaucluse,  Ellenton,  White 
Pond,  Kitching's  Mill,  Lybrand  and  Warrenville. 

Anderson  County — In  the  County  of  Anderson  there  shall  be  Anderson 
voting  places  as  follows :  Anderson  Court  House,  Belton,  Cray- 
tonville,  Centerville,  Pendleton,  Sandy  Springs,  Five  Forks, 
Hopewell  Schoolhouse,  Slabtown,  Williamston,  Honea  Path, 
Martin's  Store,  Milford's,  Cedar  Wreath  Schoolhouse,  Mof- 
fettsville,  Williford's  Store,  Broyles'  Mill,  Tugaloo  Academy, 
Starr,  Iva,  Piedmont  Factory,  Holland's  Store,  Pelzer,  Hun- 
ter's Springs,  Flat  Rock,  Neal's  Creek  Church,  Cedar  Grove 
Church,  Bethany,  Townville,  Mt.  Tabor,  Orr  Mill,  Gluck  Mill, 
Toxaway  Mill,  Piercetown,  Old  Friendship  Schoolhouse,  An- 
derson Cotton  Mills,  Brogon  Mills,  Walker  McElmoyle,  Long 
Branch,  Three  and  Twenty  Schoolhouse,  Hopewell  Springs, 
and  Pelzer  Mill  No.  4,  Concrete,  Belton  Mills,  and  Groye 
Schoolhouse. 

Bamberg  County — In  the  County  of  Bamberg  there  shall  be  Bamberg 
voting  precincts  as  follows :   Bamberg,  Denmark,  Olar,  Mid-  ^"'^  ^' 

way,  Ehrhardt,  Kearn's  Mill,  Farrell's  Store,  Lee's  and  Govan. 

Barnwell  County — In  the  County  of  Barnwell  there  shall  be  ^^^^^g^J^j^^y 
the    following    voting    places :    Allendale,    Barnwell,    Beldoc, 


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Blackville,  Bull  Pond  Club  House,  in  Bull  Pond  Township, 
Jerry,  Snelling,  Robbins,  Kline,  Dunbarton,  Tinker's  Creek 
Schoolhouse,  Sycamore,  Ulmers,  Millett,  Williston,  Elko,  Her- 
cules Creek  Schoolhouse,  in  Fairfax. 

Beaufort  County — In  the  County  of  Beaufort  there  shall  be 

Beaufort         the  following  voting  places:  Beaufort  No.  i,  at  or  near  Beau- 

oun  y.  £^^^  Court  House ;  Beaufort  No.  2,  at  or  near  the  Town  Hall ; 

Port    Royal,    Grahamville,    Tomotley,    Hardeeville,    Bluflfton, 

Barrell  Landing,  Lady's   Island,   Cherry  Hill,   Brick   Church, 

and  Paris  Island. 

Berkeley  County — In  the  County  of  Berkeley  there  shall  be 
Berkeley  voting  places  as  follows :  In  the  parishes  of  St.  Thomas  and 
County.  g|._  Dennis,  Cainboy  and  Bate's  Still ;  in  the  parish  of  St.  James, 
Santee,  Honey  Hill ;  in  the  parish  of  St.  Stephens,  St.  Ste- 
phens, Gumville,  Pineville  and  Bethera ;  in  the  parish  of  St. 
John's,  Berkeley,  Eutawville,  Calamus  Pond,  Pinopolis,  Cross 
Graded  School  and  Biggin  Church ;  and  in  the  parish  of  St. 
James,  Goose  Creek,  Holly  Hill,  Hilton's  Cross  Roads,  Coop- 
er's Store  and  Cams'  Cross  Roads. 

Calhoun  County — (Formed  from  portions  of  Lexington  and 
Calhoun  Orangeburg  Counties.    Act  creating  Calhoun  County  does  not 

°""  ^"name  voting  precincts,  and  the  Act  of  1908  to  amend  the  law 
in  relation  to  names  and  locations  of  voting  precincts  is  silent 
as  to  Calhoun  County.  Reference  is  made  to  this  compilation 
for  Lexington  and  Orangeburg  Counties  containing  voting 
precincts  now  in  Calhoun  County  and  to  Section  9,  Article  II, 
Constitution  of  1895,  and  to  Section  202,  Code  of  1902.) 

In  the  County  of  Charleston,  outside  the  corporate   limits 
Charleston       of  the  City  of  Charleston,  there  shall  be  voting  places  as  fol- 

County. 

lows :     Public   schoolhouse  grounds   on  James   Island,   Moul- 

trieville,  McClellanville,  at  or  near  Awendaw  Bridge,   in  the 

Parish  of  St.  James  Santee ;  Mount  Pleasant  in  Christ  Church 

Parish ;  Brick  Church,  in  St.  Andrew's  Parish ;  Cedar  Springs, 

on  John's  Island;  Enterprise  Postoffice,  on  Wadmalaw  Island; 

Camp  Ground,  on  Edisto  Island ;  and  on  Meeting  Street  Road 

outside  of  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Charleston,  and  at 

the  nearest  available  place  to  said  corporate  limits :  Provided, 


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That  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to  vary  or 
affect  the  location  of  the  voting  precincts  within  the  limits  of 
the  City  of  Charleston  as  now  established  by  law. 

The  registration  and  voting  precincts  in  the  County  of 
Charleston  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Charleston  shall 
hereafter  conform  to  the  Wards  in  which  the  City  of  Charles- 
ton is  now  by  law  divided,  and  registration  and  voting  pre- 
cincts are  hereby  established  therein,  as  follows :  The  first 
precinct  of  Ward  One  shall  embrace  all  that  portion  of  said 
Ward  south  of  Broad  street,  east  of  Church  street  to  Water 
street,  south  of  Water  street  to  Meeting  street,  east  of  Meet- 
ing street  to  South  Bay  street.  The  poll  shall  be  held  at  or 
near  the  corner  of  Church  and  Water  streets.  The  second 
precinct  of  Ward  One  shall  embrace  all  that  portion  of  said 
Ward  south  of  Broad  street,  east  of  King  street,  west  of 
Church  street  to  Water  street  to  Meeting  street,  west  of  Meet- 
ing street  to  South  Bay  street.  The  poll  shall  be  held  at  or 
near  the  corner  of  Meeting  and  Tradd  streets.  The  first  pre- 
cint  of  Ward  Two  shall  embrace  all  that  portion  of  said  Ward 
south  of  Broad  street,  west  of  King  street  to  South  Bay  street, 
including  south  side  of  said  street  to  Ashley  River,  east  of 
Legare  street  to  Tradd  street,  north  of  Tradd  to  Logan  street, 
east  of  Logan  to  Broad  street.  The  poll  shall  be  held  at  or 
near  the  corner  of  King  and  Tradd  streets.  The  second  pre- 
cinct of  Ward  Two  shall  embrace  all  that  portion  of  said  Ward 
south  of  Broad  street,  west  of  Logan  street  to  Tradd  street, 
south  of  Tradd  to  Legare  street,  west  of  Legare  street  to  Ash- 
ley River.  The  poll  shall  be  held  at  or  near  the  corner  of  New 
and  Broad  streets.  The  first  precinct  of  Ward  Three  shall 
embrace  all  that  portion  of  said  Ward  north  of  Broad  street, 
south  of  Hasel  street,  east  of  Church  street  and  Maiden  Lane. 
The  poll  shall  be  held  at  or  near  the  corner  of  State  and  Cum- 
berland streets.  The  second  precinct  of  Ward  Three  shall 
embrace  all  that  portion  of  said  Ward  north  of  Broad  street, 
south  of  Hasel  street,  west  of  Church  street  and  Maiden  Lane 
and  east  of  King  street.  The  poll  shall  be  held  at  Ma'rket 
Hall.     The  first  precinct  of  Ward  Four  shall  embrace  all  that 


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portion  of  said  Ward  north  of  Broad  street,  south  of  Went- 
worth  street,  west  of  King  street  and  east  of  Mazyck  and 
Coming  streets.  The  poll  shall  be  held  at  or  near  the  corner 
of  Archdale  and  Beaufain  streets.  The  second  precinct  of 
Ward  Four  shall  embrace  all  that  portion  of  said  Ward  north 
of  Broad  street,  south  of  Wentworth  street,  west  of  Mazyck 
and  Coming  streets.  The  poll  shall  be  held  at  or  near  the 
corner  of  Smith  and  Beaufain  streets.  The  first  precinct  of 
Ward  Five  shall  embrace  all  that  portion  of  said  Ward  north 
of  Hasel  street,  south  of  Calhoun  street  and  east  of  Anson 
street.  The  poll  shall  be  held  at  or  near  the  corner  of  Laurens* 
and  Middle  streets.  The  second  precinct  of  Ward  Five  shall 
embrace  all  that  portion  of  said  Ward  north  of  Hasel  street, 
south  of  Calhoun  street,  west  of  Anson  and  east  of  King 
street.  The  poll  shall  be  held  at  or  near  the  corner  of  Meeting 
and  Society  streets.  The  first  precinct  of  Ward  Six  shall  em- 
brace all  that  portion  of  said  Ward  north  of  Wentworth  street, 
south  of  Calhoun  street,  west  of  King  street  and  east  of  Pitt 
street.  The  poll  shall  be  held  at  or  near  the  corner  of  George 
and  College  streets.  The  second  precinct  of  Ward  Six  shall 
embrace  all  that  portion  of  said  Ward  north  of  Wentworth 
street,  south  of  Calhoun  street  and  west  of  Pitt  street.  The 
poll  shall  be  held  at  or  near  the  corner  of  Bull  and  Rutledge 
streets.  The  first  precinct  of  Ward  Seven  shall  embrace  all 
that  portion  of  said  Ward  north  of  Calhoun  street,  south  of 
Mary  street  and  east  of  Elizabeth  street.  The  poll  shall  be 
held  at  or  near  the  corner  of  Alexander  and  Charlotte  streets. 
The  second  precinct  of  Ward  Seven  shall  embrace  all  that 
portion  of  said  Ward  north  of  Calhoun  street,  south  of  Mary, 
west  of  Elizabeth  street  and  east  of  King  street.  The  poll 
shall  be  held  at  or  near  the  corner  of  Hutson  and  Meeting 
streets.  The  first  precinct  of  Ward  Eight  shall  embrace  all 
that  portion  of  said  Ward  north  of  Calhoun  street,  south  of 
Radclifife  street,  west  of  King  street  and  east  of  Pitt  and 
Thomas  streets.  The  poll  shall  be  held  at  or  near  the  corner 
of  Vanderhorst  and  Coming  streets.  The  second  precinct  of 
Ward  Eight  shall  embrace  all  that  portion  of  said  Ward  north 


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of  Calhoun  street,  south  of  Raddiffe  and  Bee  streets  and  west 
of  Pitt  and  Thomas  streets.  The  poll  shall  be  held  at  or  near 
the  corner  of  Rutledge  and  Vanderhorst  streets.  The  first  pre- 
cinct of  Ward  Nine  shall  embrace  all  that  portion  of  said  Ward 
north  of  Mary  street,  south  of  Columbus  street  and  east  of 
Nassau  and  Hanover  streets.  The  poll  shall  be  held  at  or  near 
the  corner  of  Amherst  and  America  streets.  The  second  pre- 
cinct of  Ward  Nine  shall  embrace  all  that  portion  of  said  Ward 
north  of  Columbus,  east  of  Hanover  street  to  the  city  bound- 
ary. The  poll  shall  be  held  at  or  near  the  corner  of  America 
and  Cooper  streets.  The  first  precinct  of  Ward  Ten  shall  em- 
brace all  that  portion  of  said  Ward  north  of  Mary  street,  south 
of  Columbus  street,  west  of  Nassau  and  east  of  King  street. 
The  poll  shall  be  held  at  or  near  the  corner  of  Wolfe  and 
Meeting  streets.  The  second  precinct  of  Ward  Ten  shall 
embrace  all  that  portion  of  said  Ward  north  of  Columbus, 
east  of  King  street  and  west  of  Hanover  street  to  the  city 
boundary.  The  poll  shall  be  held  at  or  near  the  corner  of 
Line  and  Meeting  streets.  The  first  precinct  of  Ward  Eleven 
shall  embrace  all  that  portion  of  said  Ward  north  of  Rad- 
diffe street,  south  of  Spring  street,  west  of  King  street  and 
east  of  Rutledge  avenue.  The  poll  shall  be  held  at  or  near 
the  corner  of  Morris  and  Coming  streets.  The  second  pre- 
cinct of  Ward  Eleven  shall  embrace  all  that  portion  of  said 
Ward  north  of  Spring  street,  west  of  King  street  and  east 
of  Rutledge  street  to  the  city  boundary.  The  poll  shall  be 
held  at  or  near  the  corner  of  Line  and  Coming  streets.  The 
first  precinct  of  Ward  Twelve  shall  embrace  all  that  portion  of 
said  Ward  north  of  Bee  street,  west  of  Rutledge  avenue,  east 
of  President  street  and  its  line  of  prolongation  to  the  city 
boundary.  The  poll  shall  be  held  at  or  near  the  corner  of 
Ashley  and  Spring  streets.  The  second  precinct  of  Ward 
Twelve  shall  embrace  all  that  portion  of  said  Ward  north  of 
Bee  street,  west  of  President  street  and  its  line  of  prolongation 
to  the  city  boundary.  The  poll  shall  be  held  at  or  near  the 
corner  of  Spring  and  Norman  streets. 


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Cherokee  County — In  the  County  of  Cherokee  there  shall  be 
Cherokee         voting  places   as   follows :     At  Grassy   Pond,   Maud,   Ezell's, 
County,  ^j^-^^  Plains,  Ravenna,  Aliens,  at  Z.  J.  Petty's,  Draytonville, 
Timber   Ridge,   Littlejohn's,  at  T.  D.   Little  John's,   Sarratt's, 
Wilkinsville,  King's  Creek,  Cherokee  Falls,  Blacksburg,  Buf- 
falo,    Macedonia,    Antioch,     Butler,    at   Butler   Schoolhouse, 
Wood,  Thickety,  Limestone,  at  Limestone  Mills,  Goucher,  at 
C.  E.  Smith's  store,  and  one  at  Pleasant  Grove  Schoolhouse,  to 
be   known   as   Pleasant   Grove.      There   shall   be   four   voting 
places  in  the  town  of  Gaffney,  as  follows :    At  Holt's  Store,  in 
Ward  One,  to  be  known  as  Gaffney  No.  i ;  one  at  the  National 
Bank  old  building,  to  be  known  as  Gaffney  No.  2 ;  one  at  W.  L. 
Spake's  Store,  in  Ward  No.  5,  to  be  known  as  Gaffney  No.  3, 
and  one  at  the  opera  house,  to  be  known  as  Gaffney  No.  4. 
Chester  County — Chester  Court  House,  Lowreyville,  Carters, 
Chester  at  J.  Wesley  Carter's,  Lands,  Fishing  Creek  Church,  Rodman 

"on  S.  A.  L.  Railroad,  Rossville,  John  Simpson's,  Wilksburg, 
J.  E.  Wylie's  Store,  Lansford,  Cornwell's,  Richbourg,  Edge- 
more,  Baton  Rouge,  Ferguson's  Store,  Fort  Lawn  and  White's 
Store. 

Chesterfield   County — In  the   County  of  Chesterfield,   there 
Chesterfield     shall  be  votingf  places  as  follows :     Chesterfield  Court  House, 

County.  ^,  , 

Cheraw,  Marburg,  Eli  Brock's  Mill,  Wexford,  Mount  Croghan, 
Cross  Roads,  Ruby,  Snow  Hill,  Jefferson,  Catarrh,  Dudley, 
Fox  Place,  McBee,  Middendorf,  Brown  Springs,  Bethel,  Doug- 
lass' Mill,  Grant's  Mill,  Patrick,  Adams'  Mill,  and  Winzo,  in 
^  the  western  part   of  Mount  Croghan  Township,   and   one  at 

Plains. 

Clarendon  County — Hodges   Corner,   Packsville,  Chandlers, 

Clarendon        Alcolu,    Barron's    Mill,    New    Zion,    Turbeville,    McFadden's 

'  Store,    Forreston,    Wilson    Duffie's    Store,    Jordan,    Manning, 

Davis'   Cross   Roads,   St.   Paul's,   Summerton,   Panola,   Davis' 

Station. 

Colleton  County — There  shall  be  the  following  voting  places 

Colleton  in    Colleton    County :      Warren's    Cross    Roads,    Jacksonboro, 

oun  y.  /^(j^j^'g  Ri^in,  Green   Pond,   Cottageville,   Maple  Cane,   Horse 

Pen,  Hendersonville,  Snyder's  Cross  Roads,  Rice  Patch,  Belle's 


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Cross  Roads,  Smoak's  Cross  Roads,  Doctor's  Creek,  Ashton, 
Lodge,  Petit's  Store,  People's  Club,  Williams,  Berarors 
Church,  Walterboro,  Hudson's  Mill,  Ruffin,  Ritter,  in  Verdier 
Township,  and  Hickory  Hill,  in  Adam's  Run  Township. 

Darlington  County — In  the  County  of  Darlington  there  shall  Darnngton^^ 
be  voting  places  as  follows :  Darlington  Court  House,  No.  i ; 
Darlington  Cotton  Mill,  No.  2 ;  Mechanicsville,  Society  Hill, 
Leavensworth,  Hartsville,  Lydia,  Lamar,  Garner's  Store,  Early 
Cross  Roads,  Bethlehem  Church,  in  Antioch  Township,  Mc- 
Coll's  Branch,  in  Philadelphia  Township,  Palmetto,  Lumber 
and  Clyde,  at  Clyde. 

Dorchester  County — In  the  County  of  Dorchester  there  shall  Dorchester 
be  voting  places  as  follows :  Cattle  Creek  Schoolhouse,  in 
Koger  Township,  Reevesville,  Saint  George,  Grover,  Indian 
Field,  Harleyville,  Ross,  Pregnalls,  Beech  Hill,  Delemars, 
Knightsville ;  and  in  Summerville  there  shall  be  two  (2)  voting 
precincts,  No.  i,  at  the  Town  Hall,  near  the  Depot;  No.  2  shall 
be  held  at  the  Old  Town  Hall.      * 

Edgefield  County — In  the  County  of  Edgefield  there  shall  be  Edgefield 
voting  places  as  follows :  Timmerman,  Johnston,  Trenton, 
Edgefield  Court  House,  No.  i,  for  Pickens  Township,  Edge- 
field Court  House,  No.  2,  for  Wise  Township,  Meeting  Street, 
Pleasant  Lane,  Rehoboth,  Plum  Branch,  Modoc,  Red  Hill, 
Cheatham's  Store,  Mathis,  Liberty  Hill,  Meriwether  Hall, 
Landrum's  Store,  Gregg  and  Elmwood. 

Fairfield  County — In  the  County  of  Fairfield  there  shall  be  Fairfield 
voting   places   as    follows :     Albion,    Centreville    Schoolhouse,  county. 

Blythewood,  Feasterville,  Gladden's  Grove,  Horeb,  Haw's 
Store,  Monticello,  Ridgeway,  Winnsboro,  Woodwards,  Long- 
town,  at  Jenkin's  Store,  Bear  Creek,  Greenbrier,  Jackson's 
Creek  Schoolhouse,  and  Jenkinsville. 

Florence  County — There  shall  be  voting  places  in  Florence  pjQj.gj^pg 
County  as  follows :  In  the  City  of  Florence  there  shall  be  two,  County. 

No.  one  (i)  and  No.  two  (2),  Ebenezer,  Timm'onsville,  Car- 
tersville,  James  Cross  Roads,  Langston  Schoolhouse,  Mars 
Bluff,   Evergreen,  Hymansville,   Cowards,   Beulah,  Tans   Bay, 


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Hannah,  Savage,  Pleasant  Grove,  Oak  Grove,  Back  Swamp, 
at  McCall's  Store,  and  at  Claussen. 

Georgetown  Georgetown  County — In  the  County  of  Georgetown  there 
County. gj^^jj  be  voting  places  as  follows:  Georgetown  No.  i,  at  or 
near  Georgetown  Court  House;  Georgetown  No.  2,  at  or  near 
Store  of  Southern  Mercantile  Company ;  Sampit,  Carver's  Bay, 
Choppee,  Black  River,  Potato  Ferry,  Pee  Dee,  Greers,  Upper 
Wacamaw,  Lower  Waccamaw,  near  Waverly  Mills;  Santee, 
Cedar  Creek  Precinct,  Bethel  Crossing,  Rosemary  and  Snow 
Mill. 

Greenville  Greenville  County — In  the  County  of  Greenville  there  shall 

County,  be  voting  places  as  follows :  Six  in  the  City  of  Greenville,  to 
be  placed  by  the  commissioners  of  election,  one  to  be  in  each 
ward  of  said  city,  to  bear  the  same  number  as  the  ward  in 
which  it  is  located ;  Reedy  River  Mills,  West  Grantt  School- 
house,  Reedy  Fork,  S.  E.  Ware's,  Fork  Shoals,  T.  Henry 
Stokes',  Old  Fairview  Academy,  Pedew's  Old  Store,  Butler's 
Cross  Roads,  Jonesville  Academy,  Batesville,  Mission  School- 
house,  Taylor's  Station,  Double  Springs  Church,  T.  G.  Mitch- 
ell's, Hellam's  Crossing,  S.  W.  Barton's  (in  Glassy  Mountain 
Township),  Merrittsville  Schoolhouse,  Jennings'  Mill,  Monta- 
gue, Piedmont  Factory,  Gowersville,  Marietta,  West  Dunklin, 
New  Schoolhouse,  Locust,  Tigerville,  Reed's  Schoolhouse;  one 
box  for  Sampson  and  Poe  Mills,  to  be  located  at  Sampson ;  one 
box  for  Brandon  and  Woodside  Mills,  to  be  located  at  or  near 
the  store  of  T.  A.  Honour,  Jr. ;  Bessie  Reese's  Store,  Fountain 
Inn,  Greer's,  Simpsonville,  Lima  Schoolhouse,  Monaghan 
Mills,  Mountain  Hill,  A.  W.  McDavid's  Store,  at  Woodville, 
Perea  Church,  and  at  James  Wilson's  Store. 

Greenwood  Greenwood      County — Greenwood,      Coronaca,      Cokesbury, 

County.  p^Q^lggg^  Jones,  Verdery,  Callison,  Ninety-Six,  Bradley's,  Troy, 
Phoenix,  Kinard's  Schoolhouse,  Kirksey's,  Paynes  Cross  Roads, 
Epworth,  Algary,  Dyson,  Lyon  and  Ware  Shoals. 

Hampton   County — In  the   County  of  Hampton  there  shall 
County,  be    the    following    voting    places :    Brunson,    Hampton    Court 
House,  Varnville,  Early  Branch,  Gillisonville,  Tillman,  Brigh- 
ton, Ridgeland,  Estill,  Luray,  Bonnett,  Stafford,   Scotia,  Gif- 
ford,  Seminole,  Horse  Gall,  Grays,  River's  Mill  and  Hopewell. 


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Horry  County — In  the  County  of  Horry  there  shall  be  vot-j^Qj.j.y 
ing  places  as  follows :  Adrian,  Bayhoro,  Blanche,  Cedar  Grove,  County. 

Conway,  Cool  Spring,  Daisy,  Dog  BluflF,  Ebenezer,  Farmer, 
Floyd's,  Gallivant's  Ferry,  Greenwood,  Green  Sea,  Hammond, 
Homewood,  Joy,  Knotty  Branch,  Little  River,"  Loris,  Marlow, 
Port  Harrelson,  Sandford,  Schell,  Spring  Branch,  Socastee, 
Taylorsville,  Tilly  Swamp,  Vardelle,  Wampee,  and  Withers. 

Kershaw  County — In  the  County  of  Kershaw  there  shall  be  Kershaw 
voting  precincts  as  follows :  Camden  Opera  House,  Rabon's 
Cross  Roads,  Blaney,  Lang's  Mills,  Bethune,  Westville,  Buffalo 
Schoolhouse,  Brewer's  Store,  Liberty  Hill,  McLeon's  Branch, 
Mt.  Zion's  Church,  Stockton  Place,  Hanging  Rock,  Kirkley's 
Store  and  Stoke's  Schoolhouse. 

Lancaster  County — In  the  County  of  Lancaster  there  shall  Lancaster 

County. 

be  voting  precincts  as  follows :  Lancaster  Court  House,  Lan- 
caster Cotton  Mills,  Antioch,  Pleasant  Valley,  Douglass 
Church,  Lindsay,  Thornwell,  New  Cut,  Tradesville,  Jackson- 
ham,  Taxahaws,  Welsh's,  Carmel,  Heath  Springs,  Flat  Creek, 
at  Flat  Creek  Church ;  Belair,  Primus,  Dwight,  Kershaw,  Van 
Wyck,  Elgin,  at  Elgin  Station  ;  Montgomery,  in  Cedar  Creek 
Township,  and  Haile  Gold  Mine. 

Laurens  County — In  the  County  of  Laurens  there  shall  be  Laurens 
voting  precincts  as  follows :  Laurens  Court  House,  Laurens 
Cotton  Mill,  Renno,  Langston  Church,  Ora,  Pleasant  Mound, 
Young's  Store,  Stuart's  Store,  Powers,  Gray  Court,  Dial's 
Church,  Shiloh,  Woodville,  Tumbling  Shoals,  Brewerton,  at 
T.  T.  Wood's :  Daniel's  Store,  Tip  Top,  Mount  Pleasant,  Cross 
Hill,  Mountville,  Hopewell,  Waterloo,  Ekom,  Clinton  Cotton 
Mills,  Clinton,  Princeton,  Watt's  Mill,  Cook's  Store,  Lang- 
ford's  Station,  Goldville  and  Lydia  Mills. 

Lee  County — In  the  County  of  Lee  there  shall  be  voting  pre-  l^^  county, 
cincts  as  follows :  Bishopville  Township,  one  at  Bishopville  and 
.one  at  Manville;  of  Lynchburg  Township,  one  at  Lynchburg; 
of  St.  Charles  Township,  one  at  St.  Charles ;  Mechanicsville 
Township,  DuBose's  Cross  Roads ;  ,of  Spring  Hill  Township, 
one  at  Smithville ;  Ionia  Township,  one  at  Ionia  Schoolhouse, 
and  one  at  McCaskill's  Schoolhouse ;  of  Turkev  Creek  Town- 


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ship,  one  at  Turkey  Creek  and  one  at  Lucknow ;  of  Stokes 
Bridge  Township,  one  at  Stokes  Bridge ;  of  Cypress  Township, 
one  at  Cypress ;  of  Mt.  Clio  Township,  one  at  Wisacky. 

Lexington  County — In  the  County  of  Lexington  there  shall 

Lexington^  be  voting  places  as  follows :  Lexington  Court  House,  T.  J. 
Draft's  Store,  Leesville,  Gilbert,  Gaston,  Pool's  Mill,  Irmo, 
Ballentine,  Chapin,  Efird's  Store,  Peak's  Station,  W.  P. 
Shealey's  Store,  Hilton,  Samaria,  Batesburg,  Swansea,  Red 
Store,  Huffman's  Burnt  Mill,  Brookland,  Spring  Hill,  Falk's 
Schoolhouse,  Red  Bank,  Brook,  Lower  Fork,  at  St.  Andrew's 
Schoolhouse;  Edmund,  Pelion,  Grout's  Store,  Steadman,  De- 
lingo,  Sandy  Run,  at  Oak  Grove;  St.  Matthew's,  T.  H.  Shull's 
Store,  and  Summit. 

Marion  County — In  the  County  of  Marion,  there  shall  be 

Marion  ^  voting  places  as  follows:  Ariel,  at  Back  Swamp  Schoolhouse; 
Bermuda,  at  Bermuda  Postoffice,  in  Carmichael  Township; 
Fore's  Cross  Roads,  at  or  near  the  residence  of  Tracey  E.  Fore, 
in  Kirby  Township ;  Campbell's  Bridge,  Cedar  Grove,  at  Cedar 
Grove,  in  Wahee  Township;  Centerville,  Dillon,  Friendship, 
Hamer  (formerly  Carmichael),  at  Hamer,  in  Carmichael 
Township ;  Kemper,  Latta,  Little  Rock,  Marion,  Mt.  Nebo, 
Mullins,  Nichols,  Old  Ark,  Temperance  Hill,  Fork,  near  Fork 
Depot,  and  one  at  Bennett's  Store,  to  be  called  Judson,  Harlees- 
ville  Township,  and  one  at  Sellers,  to  be  called  Sellers,  in 
Kirby  Township,  and  one  to  be  known  as  Zion,  at  or  near  Zion 
Depot. 

Marlboro  County — In  the  County  of  Marlboro  there  shall 

Mariboro^^^    be  voting  places  as  follows :  Bennettsville,  Red  Hill,  Browns- 
ville,   Hebron,    Clio,    McColl,    Newtonville,    Brightsville,    at 
Goodwin's  Mill ;  Tatum,  Joe  Quicks,  Cross  Roads,  Kollocks. 
Newberry  County — In  the  County  of  Newberry  there  shall 

Newberry  ^  be  the  following  voting  places :  At  Newberry  Court  House 
there  shall  be  three  polling  places,  one  of  which  shall  be  located 
near  the  Newberry  Cotton  Mills,  and  one  near  the  Mollohon 
Cotton  Mills,  Glympville,  Helena,  Mabinton,  Whitmire,  Beth 
Eden,  Jalapa,  Longshore's,  Williams,  Utopia,  Prosperity,  Hen- 
drix  Mill,  Sligh's,  Jolly  Street,  Central  Schoolhouse ;  in  Town- 


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ship  No.  10,  Pomaria,  Walton,  Mount  Bethel,  Saint  Philips ;  in 
No.  II  Township,  Little  Mountain,  Union,  at  Union  Academy; 
Kinard's,  and  Garmany's  Academy. 

Oconee  County — In  Oconee  County  the  voting  precincts  Oconee^^^^^^^ 
shall  be  as  follows:  Cherry  Hill,  Clemson  College,  Damascus, 
Double  Springs,  Earle's,  Fair  Play,  Friendship,  High  Falls, 
Holly  Springs,  Jocassee,  Little  River,  Long  Creek,  Madison, 
Newry,  Oakway,  Providence  (near  residence  of  W.  H.  Hunt), 
Richland,  Salem,  Seneca,  South  Union,  Taber,  Tamassee,  To- 
keena,  Tugaloo  Academy,  Walhalla,  Westminster,  West 
Union,  Picket  Post. 

Orangeburg  County — In  the  County  of  Orangeburg  there  Orangeburg 
shall  be  voting  places  as  follows :  Ayers,  Bowman,  Branchville, 
Cedar  Grove,  Coke,  Cordova,  Dantzler's  Postoffice,  Ebenezer, 
Elloree,  Felderville,  Jamison,  Livingston,  North,  Norway, 
Orangeburg,  Phillips,  Raymond,  Rowesville,  Sawyerdale, 
Springfield,  Vance  and  Stokes,  at  or  near  the  place  of  the  late 
Dr.  J.  W.  Stokes :  Provided,  That  all  persons  holding  registra- 
tion certificates  entitling  them  to  vote  at  Dantzler's  Mill  here-  * 
tofore  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  at  Felderville. 

Pickens   County — In   Pickens  County  there  shall  be  voting  pic^ens 

places   as    follows:    Easley,    Central,    Liberty,    Pickens    Court  county. 

House,  Dacusville  (at  Looper's  Gin),  Pumpkintown,  Eastatoe, 

Cross  Plains   (at  Williams'  and  Freeman's  Store),  Cateechee 

(within   five   hundred   yards   of   the   company   store),    Peter's 

Creek  (at  Peter's  Creek  Academy),  Mile  Creek  (at  Mile  Creek 

Church),  Prater's   (at  Prater's  Creek  Church),  Six  Mile   (at 

Six  Mile  Church),  Calhoun,  Holly  Springs  (at  Holly  Springs 

Church),   Gap  Hill,   Hogsed's   Store,   Cross  well   Schoolhouse, 

Pleasant  Grove   (in  Pumpkintown  Township),  Easley  Cotton 

Mill,   Glenwood   Cotton   Mill,  and  Rocky   Bottom    (at  Rocky 

Bottom  Schoolhouse),  Flat  Rock. 

Richland  Countv— In  the  Countv  of  Richland  there  shall  be  Richland 

County. 

voting  places  as  follows :  In  the  Upper  Township,  Slighs,  Tay- 
lor's Store,  Killians,  Wayside,  at  or  near  Wayside  Schoolhouse ; 
in  Center  Township,  Fairmount,  at  or  near  Fairmount- School- 
house  or  the  railroad ;  Davis,  at  or  near  William  Thomas'  resi- 


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dence;  Horrell  Hill,  at  Morrell's  Store;  Garner,  Midway;  in 
Lower  Township,  Eastover,  Gadsden,  Hopkins ;  in  Columbia 
Township,  Olympia,  on  public  road  known  as  Bluff  Road,  at 
or  near  store  of  S.  I.  Riley's ;  Waverley,  at  or  near  the  fork  of 
the  Rice  Creek  Spring  and  Camden  Roads ;  Eau  Claire,  Shan- 
don;  and  in  the  City  of  Columbia,  Ward  i,  Ward  2,  Ward  3, 
Ward  4,  and  Ward  5. 

Saluda  County — In  the  County  of  Saluda   there  shall  be  vot- 

Saiuda^^^^^^  ij^g  places  as  follows:  Saluda,  Fruit  Hill,  at  Fruit  Hill  Post- 
office  ;  May's  Cross  Roads,  Big  Creek,  at  Big  Creek  Postoffice ; 
Ellis'  Store,  Perry's  Cross  Roads,  Denny's  Cross  Roads, 
Mount  Willing,  Holsten's  Cross  Roads,  Ridge  Spring,  Wards, 
Richland  Church,  Kinard's  Store,  Fairview  Schoolhouse, 
Holly's,  at  J.  N.  C.  Fulmer's  Store ;  Dupont,  at  Geo.  W.  Bow- 
ers' residence,  and  Rushton's  Store. 

Spartanburg  County — In  the  County  of  Spartanburg  there 

Spartanburg  shall  be  voting  places  as  follows :  Antioch,  Ardella,  Arrow- 
wood,    Arlington,    Arkwright,    Roebuck,    Beaumont,    Bishop, 

«  Boiling    Springs,    Brannon,    Campton,    Campobello,    Cannon's 

Camp  Ground,  Cashville,  Gavin's,  Cherokee,  Clifton  No.  i, 
Clifton  No.  2,  Clifton  No.  3,  Crescent,  Cowpens,  Cross  Anchor, 
Duncan,  Enoree,  Fair  Forest,  Fairview,  Fairmount,  Finger- 
ville,  Gramling,  Glendale,  Glenn  Springs,  Green  Pond,  Go- 
lightly,  Hobbey's,  Hebron,  Holly  Springs,  at  Bruce's  Store ; 
Inman,  Landrum,  Moore,  Motlow's  Creek,  McKelvey's,  New 
Prospect,  Pacolet,  Pacolet  Mills  (within  five  hundred  yards  of 
Company's  Store),  Paris,  Pellam,  Pauline,  Reidville,  Rich  Hill, 
Saxon  Mills,  Spartan  Mills,  Switzer,  Swain,  Spartanburg  No. 
I,  Spartanburg  No.  2,  Spartanburg  No.  3,  Spartanburg  No.  4, 
Spartanburg  No.  5,  Spartanburg  No.  6,  Trough,  Tuccapaw, 
Valley  Falls,  Victor  Mills,  Walnut  Grove,  Wellford,  Whitney, 
Woodruff,  Wood's  Chapel,  Berry's,  at  Berry's  Postoffice; 
Mount  Olive,  Brooklyn,  Inman  Mills,  Arcadia  Mills,  Drayton 
Mills,  Dutchman,  at  Brown's  Store ;  Cedar  Springs,  at  School- 
house,  and  Mary  Louise  Mills. 


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Sumter  County — In  the  County  of  Sumter  there  shall  besumter 
voting  places  as  follows:  Sumter  Court  House  No.  i  (situated 
in  Ward  i  of  the  City  of  Sumter),  Sumter  Court  House  No.  2 
(situated  in  Ward  2  of  the  City  of  Sumter),  Sumter  Court 
House  No.  3  (situated  in  Ward  3  of  the  City  of  Sumter),  Sum- 
ter Court  House  No.  4  (situated  in  Ward  4  of  the  City  of  Sum- 
ter), Stateburg,  Providence,  Rafting  Creek,  Oswego,  Mayes- 
ville,  Shiloh,  Concord,  Privateer  Station,  Wedgefield  and 
Bloomhill,  in  Manchester  Township. 

Union  County — For  the   County  of  Union  there  shall  be  union 
voting  places  as   follows :   Union   Court  House,   Cross   Keys,  °^"  ^' 

Blackrock,  Carlisle,  Santuc,  Adamsburg,  Kelton,  Jonesville, 
Gibbs,  Coleraine,  West  Springs,  and  Lockhart  Mills,  to  be 
located  within  five  hundred  yards  of  the  factory ;  one  at  Buffalo 
Mills,  Bogansville  Township;  one  at  Monarch  Mills,  Union 
Township,  and  one  at  Excelsior  Knitting  Mills,  the  place  to  be 
designated  by  the  Town  Council. 

Williamsburg  County — In  the  County  of  Williamsburg  there  wiiiiamsbUrg- 
shall  be  voting  precincts   as   follows :   Trio,   Earle's,   Sultan,  County. 

Gourdin's,  Greelyville,  Salter's,  Kingstree,  Cedar  Swamp, 
Cades,  Morrisville,  Vox,  McAllister's  Mill,  Hebron  Church, 
Indian  Town,  Lake  City,  Muddy  Creek,  Scranton,  Prospect 
Church,  Poplar  Hill,  Taft  and  Bloomingdale. 

York  County — In  the  County  of  York  there  shall  be  voting  york  county, 
places  as  follows :  Yorkville,  Hickory  Grove,  Piedmont,  at 
Piedmont  Schoolhouse;  Bethany,  Forest  Hill  Academy,  Fort 
Mill,  Rock  Hill,  Coates'  Tavern,  Ogden,  at  Ogden  School- 
house,  in  Bethesda  Township;  McConnellsville,  Blairsville, 
Bullock's  Creek,  at  Good's  Store;  Bethel,  Clover,  Newport, 
Sharon,  Tirzah,  Smyrna,  Ebenezer,  Aragon  Cotton  Mills. 


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